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Children, Volume 4, Issue 8

2017 August - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,783 Views
8 Pages

14 August 2017

Over the last decade, the understanding of the association between insulin resistance (IR) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has dramatically evolved. There is clear understanding that carriers of some common genetic variants, i.e., the p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
22,701 Views
8 Pages

Imaging Features of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents

  • Michele Di Martino,
  • Kameliya Koryukova,
  • Mario Bezzi and
  • Carlo Catalano

11 August 2017

Non-invasive diagnosis and quantification of liver steatosis is important to overcome limits of liver biopsy, in order to follow up patients during their therapy and to establish a reference standard that can be used in clinical trials and longitudin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
80 Citations
16,217 Views
17 Pages

Assessment of Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Makeda Moore,
  • Victoria Evans,
  • Grace Hanvey and
  • Cynthia Johnson

Sleep disturbances in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are significantly more prevalent than found in typically developing (TD) children. Given the detrimental impact of poor sleep on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning, it i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,519 Views
12 Pages

The Pulmonary Circulation in the Single Ventricle Patient

  • Amanda Hauck,
  • Nicolas Porta,
  • Steven Lestrud and
  • Stuart Berger

In recent decades, survival of children with complex congenital heart disease has improved considerably. Specifically, children with a variety of congenital heart defects resulting in ‘single ventricle’ physiology can now undergo palliative surgery t...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,158 Views
6 Pages

The explosion of knowledge concerning the interplay of genetic and environmental factors determining pathophysiology and guiding therapeutic choice has altered the landscape in pediatric clinical pharmacology and pharmacy. The need for innovative res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,053 Views
9 Pages

Trends in Food and Beverage Portion Sizes in Australian Children; a Time-Series Analysis Comparing 2007 and 2011–2012 National Data

  • Daphne Van der Bend,
  • Tamara Bucher,
  • Tracy L. Schumacher,
  • Kate Collins,
  • Nienke De Vlieger,
  • Megan Rollo,
  • Tracy L. Burrows,
  • Jane F. Watson and
  • Clare E. Collins

In 2011–2012 approximately 26% of Australian children aged between 5–17 years were reported to be overweight or obese. Furthermore, the increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children parallels reported increases in energy intake a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,240 Views
11 Pages

Health and Self-Regulation among School-Age Children Experiencing Family Homelessness

  • Andrew J. Barnes,
  • Theresa L. Lafavor,
  • J. J. Cutuli,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Charles N. Oberg and
  • Ann S. Masten

Children in homeless families have high levels of adversity and are at risk for behavior problems and chronic health conditions, however little is known about the relationship between cognitive-emotional self-regulation and health among school-aged...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
20,242 Views
12 Pages

Neonates suffering from pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) continue to represent an important proportion of patients requiring intensive neonatal care, and have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The human fetus has evolved to ma...

  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
14,551 Views
19 Pages

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most frequent type of chronic liver disease in the pediatric age group, paralleling an obesity pandemic. A “multiple-hit” hypothesis has been invoked to explain its pathogenesis. The “first hit” is liv...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,146 Views
6 Pages

Trending Longitudinal Agreement between Parent and Child Perceptions of Quality of Life for Pediatric Palliative Care Patients

  • Meaghann S. Weaver,
  • Cheryl Darnall,
  • Sue Bace,
  • Catherine Vail,
  • Andrew MacFadyen and
  • Christopher Wichman

Pediatric palliative care studies often rely on proxy-reported instead of direct child-reported quality of life metrics. The purpose of this study was to longitudinally evaluate quality of life for pediatric patients receiving palliative care consult...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
15,660 Views
6 Pages

Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke as Amusement Park Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Abby Baumgartle,
  • Laura Wolfe,
  • Vinay Puri,
  • Karen Moeller,
  • Salvatore Bertolone and
  • Ashok Raj

Strokes as amusement park injuries are rare, but have been reported in the literature. Only about 20 cases of cerebrovascular accidents after amusement park visits have been described. We report a healthy 12-year-old boy who presented with facial dro...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
36,388 Views
14 Pages

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn

  • Bobby Mathew and
  • Satyan Lakshminrusimha

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a syndrome of failed circulatory adaptation at birth due to delay or impairment in the normal fall in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) that occurs following birth. The fetus is in a state...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
13,199 Views
10 Pages

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite significant comorbidity, the previous diagnostic criteria prohibited the simultaneous diagnosis of both disor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,209 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Knowledge of Obesity and Diabetes among Adolescents in Chennai, South India

  • Pranati Panuganti,
  • T.S. Mehreen,
  • Ranjit Mohan Anjana,
  • Viswanathan Mohan,
  • E. Mayer-Davis and
  • Harish Ranjani

The Obesity Reduction and Awareness of Non-communicable disease through Group Education (ORANGE) Phase II program, is a school-based intervention aimed at healthy lifestyle practices for sixth and seventh grade adolescents (n = 2345) attending privat...

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